COMPUTEX 2025

Computex 2025: AMD presents solutions based on its latest architectures, Zen 5 for CPUs and RDNA 4 for GPUs

AMD took advantage of the stage at Computex 2025, one of the largest technology events in the world, to make a series of important announcements, revealing its new generation of high-performance Threadripper processors and also new and powerful Radeon graphics cards. If you are a user looking for maximum processing power for intensive work, content creation or for the latest games, AMD's news will certainly arouse your interest and deserve your attention.

The manufacturer of processors and graphics cards spared no effort, presenting solutions based on its latest architectures, Zen 5 for CPUs and RDNA 4 for GPUs, promising significant advances in terms of performance and energy efficiency.

Starting with the “brains” of computers, AMD presented the new Threadripper 9000 and Threadripper Pro 9000 WX processor series. Both are built on AMD's latest Zen 5 architecture, which uses a 4nm manufacturing process. This new architecture is the cornerstone for the performance leaps that the company promises. The Threadripper 9000 series was designed with high-performance workstations and enthusiast users in mind, who need massive processing power. These processors can reach up to 64 cores and 128 threads, as is the case with the top model, the Threadripper 9980X, which reaches a maximum frequency (Max Boost Clock) of up to 5.4GHz, starting from a base frequency of 3.2GHz, and has 256 MB of L3 cache. Other models include the 9970X, with 32 cores and 64 threads (4.0GHz boost, 128MB L3), and the 9960X, with 24 cores and 48 threads (4.2GHz boost, 128MB L3). All of these processors have a TDP (thermal design power) of 350W.

These new Threadripper CPUs continue to use the sTR5 socket, which is good news for those considering an upgrade. They also support 8-channel DDR5 memory and the latest PCIe Gen 5 standard, ensuring high bandwidth to all components. If you’re eager to get your hands on one of these processors, AMD has announced that the Threadripper 9000 series will be available starting in July 2025.

For the professional segment, especially for those working with artificial intelligence, complex simulations and requiring an even more overwhelming number of cores, AMD has revealed the Threadripper Pro 9000 WX series. Based on the same Zen 5 architecture, this series raises the bar, with the 9995WX model offering an incredible 96 cores and 192 threads, a maximum boost of 5.4GHz and 384MB of L3 cache.

This Pro family also includes AMD Pro Technologies, a set of enterprise-grade tools and features aimed at optimizing performance and security, especially in workloads related to artificial intelligence. The series features six new processors, from the aforementioned 9995WX to models like the 9945WX, with 12 cores and 24 threads, but with a boost of 4.7GHz.

New Radeon graphics cards for gaming and artificial intelligence... As for the new graphics, AMD has also brought interesting proposals, both for the world of video games and for the growing field of artificial intelligence.

For gamers, the big news is the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. This is the brand's latest graphics card based on the new RDNA 4 architecture. It comes equipped with 32 compute units and dedicated hardware accelerators. One of the highlights of this GPU is the inclusion of up to 16GB of VRAM, a generous amount that ensures capacity for the most demanding modern games, high-resolution textures and future virtual adventures. The RX 9060 XT also demonstrates its capabilities in AI, supporting peak performance of up to 821 TOPS.

Radeon AI Pro R9700: AI acceleration for professionals...Specifically thinking about professionals working with artificial intelligence, AMD has launched the Radeon AI Pro R9700. Also based on the RDNA 4 architecture, this graphics card was designed to significantly accelerate AI tasks. It is capable of achieving 1531 TOPS of AI performance, using 128 accelerators.

Its greatest asset, and a crucial factor for those working with large language models (LLMs), is its video memory: a massive 32GB of GDDR6. This capacity is enough to run models such as the DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B, Mistral Small 3.1 24B, among others. The Radeon AI Pro R9700 has a TDP of 300W.

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